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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: From the Deserts They Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flag do the soldiers raise on the shore?
(a) The Stars and Stripes (the American flag).
(b) The Union Jack (the British flag).
(c) The Jolly Roger (a pirate flag).
(d) The Flag of Australia.

2. When they discover the white men, what is the Aboriginal men's first fear?
(a) That they will take their land.
(b) That they will try to kill all the Aboriginals in the camp.
(c) That they will anger the spirits.
(d) That they will take away the women.

3. How do the Mardudjara people feel about their work?
(a) They see it as exploitation.
(b) They are angered by it, and plot revenge.
(c) They do not understand it and often do a bad job.
(d) They see it as a form of kindness.

4. How do the settlers allocate land?
(a) They are allowed to choose land wherever they want.
(b) The Aboriginals decide.
(c) The land is bought off the Aboriginals.
(d) Each person is given a grant of land by the English government.

5. What punishment are Bidgup and Meedo given?
(a) They are whipped.
(b) They are hung.
(c) Imprisonment in a Penal Colony.
(d) They are forced into slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Dora's clan see coming through the desert?

2. How long had the red desert been the home of the Mardudjara people before they left?

3. Why are teenage boys sent out into the Law?

4. What is established as an act of goodwill on Queen Victoria's birthday?

5. What does Dora's father Lubin suggest?

(see the answer key)

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